Welcome to the SUSTAINING VOLUNTEERING IN AUSTRALIA page

This page includes two tools for volunteer involving organisations. These tools, the Volunteer Convertibility Calculator and the The Recruitability Tool were developed as part of a three-year study funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) titled, "Creating and sustaining a strong future for volunteering in Australia" (LP: 140100528)

Related publications

A select list of publications from this study is available below.

Partner organisations



WA Department of Communities


Volunteering Victoria



William Angliss Institute


Curtin University


Volunteering SA/NT
Volunteering WA

Research Team


Research assistants


We acknowledge and thank the following Research Assistants for their invaluable work on the project:

  • Dr Faith Ong
  • Dr Irit Alony
  • Dr Annette Maher
  • Dr Kara Salter
Macquarie University

The Flinders University of South Australia

Erasmus University of Rotterdam